It was 6:45 p.m. and Rory was almost ready for the party. She had decided on wearing a green satin v-neck sleeveless mid-length dress and her hair was down. Her make up was soft and natural. She put on her simple gold earrings, grabbed her purse and a black shawl. Just as she finished, Jose, her doorman, told her Logan was waiting for her. She closed her door took the elevator. Once she was down, she saw Logan. Gulp, he looked good. He was wearing a blue pinstripe suit with a white shirt and a blue tie. By his expression he wasn't looking bad either. Rory shifted her gaze from Logan to the little blonde beside him. Sarah was cuter than ever. She was wearing a green dress too. Her curls were held in place by a matching green bow. Rory greeted them at the door and then they got on Logan's car and drove off to the party.


Thirty minutes later they arrived at a house Rory knew very well. In fact she and Logan had christened quite a few rooms there during their frequent escapades. She put those thoughts away and helped Sarah, who had been very chatty during the ride, out of the car.

As they were about to ring the doorbell Logan said "Okay, little mermaid, what are the rules?"

"No running, no yelling, always be polite and always tell you," sarah said counting with her fingers "grandma, grandpa, uncle Finn, auntie Claire, uncle Colin, auntie Steph or Rory, where am I."

"Good" Logan said ringing the bell. The door was opened by a maid and they were led to the living room, which was by now full of people. Logan picked up Sarah and looked for his mother. When he spotted he told Rory to wait there. He went to greet her mom and then walked with her towards Rory. When Sandra Huntzberger saw Rory, her face lit up.

"Rory is so good to see you. We've missed you around here. How you've been?" Logan's mom said before hugging her. She had never recovered from her son and Rory breaking up. They were so perfect for each other.

"I'm fine thank you Sandra, how are you?"

"The same as always." Then she said to Logan " Logan, why didn't you tell me you were bringing Rory?"

"Sorry mom but I run into her a couple of days ago. And since I needed to introduce to someone that's going to be here I asked to come. Besides she wanted to see you all."

"That's ok. Well, Rory I don't need to tell you to get comfortable around here. I'm going to greet more of Mitchum's guests. Sarah would you like to come with me?"

Sarah nodded, so Logan put her back on the floor. She grabbed her grandmothers hand and added "Bye daddy, bye Rory"

After that Logan introduced Rory to his friend Debra Latzky. Debra was a forty-year-old woman starting an investigative reporting magazine and wanted Rory to be one of the editors in chief. Logan had to catch Rory from falling after the proposal.

"Look why don't you come by my office this week and we talk about it more quietly" Debra said.

"Sure, just one question. Does Huntzberger media own the magazine?"

Logan took that one. "Yes and no. It's more like a partnership. When Deb came up with the idea we agreed we would take care of the financial and marketing parts but she is responsible for the content and the staff. So if you're wondering if you are getting this job because of me, don't worry I just recommended you."

"Good" Deb said, "Now if you'll excuse me, I'll go say hi to some acquaintances. We'll talk Rory." With that she left them.

Rory stared a Logan with a weird look. "What?" he said with a smirk.

"Nothing, it's just…thanks" She said before hugging him.

"You're welcome. Now let's go find the old gang." He grabbed her hand and guided her through the people into the study. He opened the door to find Colin, Steph, Finn and his wife Claire in there. "Hey guys, look who's here" he said bringing Rory into the room.

Steph was the first one to react. "Rory!" She said before hugging her "I'm so glad to see you!"

"Me too Steph, and congratulations on your wedding." Steph gave her quizzical look "Colin told me."

"You knew she was coming?" Steph said to Colin.

" No, I didn't. But we did run into each other the other day at Logan's."

"And you didn't tell me?"

Rory smiled. It seems like their college days were back.

"Rory?" Finn said interrupting her line of thought "Nice to see you. This is my wife Claire and this" he said touching Claire's belly "is little Finn Jr."

"Hi Claire, nice to meet you and congratulations on the baby"

"Nice to meet you too Rory. I've heard a lot about you" and then leaning towards her she whispered, "we are not naming the baby Finn Jr., he's just in denial"

Rory chuckled then looked around. " I can't believe you still form sub-parties," She said sitting down.

"Why? We still get bored outside." Colin asked. Then maliciously he added, " Besides we need to keep the study occupied for Sarah's sake. We don't want her to repeat what you and Logan used to do here"

" What?" Rory and Logan asked in disbelief. No he couldn't be talking about that. Only Logan and Rory knew they used to have sex in the study. But by Colin's expression he was talking about that.

"How do you know about that?" Logan asked.

"Please Logan." Stephanie said, "Did you think we were that stupid? Every time we came to New York you and Rory stayed here while we went out, and then when we came back you would come out of the study with your clothes rumpled and your hair all out of place"

"If you knew why didn't you say something?" Rory asked.

"Like what 'Hey Ror we all know about your hokey pokey in the study?' Besides after a while we created a game. Whoever made you come out of the study got a point. At the end of the trip the person with more points won."

"So, you all knew?" Logan asked. And everybody nodded.

"Even I knew and wasn't even here back then" Claire said.

"I guess that's okay, right Ror? There are worse situations..." he said with a wink in her direction which Rory understood.

"Indeed Logan. Like for example being having someone know that you had sex in the storage closet in Colin's Boston house."

Both Colin and Steph faces went beat red. "What...Why...How…" Steph mumbled.

"One day Rory and I were in the kitchen and we heard you loud and clear. At least we kept it down guys."

"Oh my god." Colin said " that's why neither of you would eat something there"

They all laughed. Yep it was like the old times.


Later into the party, Sandra Huntzberger was chatting with a friend, she was very pleased with how the party was going. However she was even more pleased by the image before her eyes. Rory was chatting with Claire and Steph about Claire's job as a pre-school teacher. They were sitting on Sandra's beautiful armchairs. But what pleased Sandra was the little girl sitting on Rory's lap. She had been watching them all night since Sarah had told her about her previous encounters with Rory. After her son and friends came out of the study Sarah had joined them. When Rory and the two girls (A/N: I know they aren't girls but from Sandra's point of view there are still girls) sat down to, she had put Sarah on her lap. Now Sarah was dozing and Rory was gently stroking her hair, as she talked with Steph and Claire.

From another corner of the room Logan, Colin and Finn were witnessing the same scene.

"She's good with her, Logan" Colin said.

"Really good" Finn added. "Maybe you two could…"

"No, that's out of the question." Logan said. " She's seeing someone"

"It's not serious, she said that herself." Colin said. "Logan, Sarah needs a mother, maybe not now but soon she'll need one"

" I know that. But what if it doesn't work. I could never do that to Sarah". With that Logan walked over where Rory was sitting.

"Hey ladies." He picked up a sleeping Sarah from Rory's lap " I'm going to take her to my parents' room" and he left.

Claire excused herself to find Finn and Rory saw the opportunity to talk with Steph.

"Hey Steph, can I ask you something?" Step nodded " did you meet Sarah's mom?"

Steph stiffened. "Yeah, why?"

"How is she?"

"Rory you know Logan will kill me I he finds out I told you. He has almost forbade us from mentioning her."

"Please Steph, I just want to understand the situation."

"Okay what do you want to know?"

"How was she like?"

"She had unrealistic expectations."

"What do you mean?" Rory asked confused.

"She thought she'd won the jackpot with Logan. She thought she could wrap him around her finger."

"I take it she was wrong?"

"Yes. She entered the game without checking the competition firs."

"I don't understand"

"You were the competition Rory. God you can be so dense. She thought she could replace you but she didn't consider an important factor."

"What?"

"That to Logan you are irreplaceable. I'm not saying he has feelings for you or anything. I'm just saying that when it comes to Logan's opinion on women you are as perfect as it gets. Come on Rory don't look so surprised I know Logan's the same for you. Am I right?" Rory nodded and Steph continued " And to Sandra, Mitchum and all of us it was the same. Nobody was as right for Logan as you. That's why she didn't like us. Anyway when she got pregnant, which I don't think it was at all an accident, she thought Logan would marry her and well you know the end of the story."

"One more question" Rory begged.

"What?"

"What does Sarah think of her mother?"

"She thinks what Logan told her. That her mom wasn't ready to be a mom so she left Sarah with him because he was ready to be a dad."

"Logan's really a good father." Rory acknowledged.

"Yes he is. But he's neglecting himself in the process."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean his life revolves around Sarah and Huntzberger Media. He almost doesn't go out with us. He never dates, he has no distractions."

"Really?"

"Really, but we, that's Colin and I, were thinking that maybe you could help us with that."

"How?"

"I don't know, we could all go out to dinner sometime or something like that, you know just something fun."


By the time Logan, Rory and Sarah left the party it had been agreed that the grownups, which implied Rory, Logan, Finn, Claire, Colin and Steph, would go out for dinner the following week. Rory had been encouraged to bring Greg but she'd said she prefer to not to. The ride home was quiet. Sarah was sleeping in the back of Logan's car. When they arrived at Rory's apartment Logan said with a killer smirk, "Goodnight Ace," Rory flinched, as it was the first time in years he called her that "it was nice having you back."

"Goodnight Logan. Thanks for everything. Give her a kiss for me " She said pointing at Sarah.

Rory got off Logan's Car and started to walk to her building, before entering she turned around "And Logan, it's nice to be back, too." With that she entered her building.

After Rory was inside, Logan drove off with a smile on his face.